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1[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
2->'''Piccolo''': Is it over?\
3'''Vegeta''': Not 'til the fish jumps.\
4(''a fish leaps out of the water'')\
5'''Vegeta''': It's over.
6-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13''
7
8->''"Stop acting like you're in a manga."''
9-->-- ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
10
11->'''Ash''': Do you think I could do a show with all of my Pokémon?\
12'''Misty''': A live stage show?\
13'''Ash''': No, a television show.\
14'''Misty''': [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Who would watch something like that?]]
15-->-- ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', "Flower Power"
16
17->''"Is this really happening? I usually only see people get bullied like this in manga. But it's kinda cliche nowadays, even for BoysLove stories."''
18-->-- '''Miyano''', ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano''
19
20->''"And the same guy played Sonic in both shows. Isn't that wild? The same guy playing two different versions of the same guy?"''
21-->-- '''Scott Pilgrim''', ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff''
22
23[[AC:Fanfiction]]
24->''ItsALongStory. [[LongRunner Very]], ''[[LongRunner very]]'' [[LongRunner long]]. Enough to fill seven hundred chapters of a weekly shounen manga, over four hundred episodes of a half-hour anime, several feature length movies, and a dozen or so [=OVAs=] of varying quality''.
25-->-- '''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]]''', ''FanFic/IAmNOTGoingThroughPubertyAgain''
26
27->''"ThisIsMyStory...and I wanna see how it goes."''
28-->-- '''Chloe Cerise''', ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''
29
30->'''Flashback Rikku''': "...My life just turned into a bloody video game, didn't it?"\
31'''Present Day El-Melloi II''': "Apply for a job posting, all hell breaks loose shortly after you arrive, and get forced into battle, while relying on the girl you ''just'' met to protect your life... Now that you mention it, that does sound like a common video game plot..."
32-->-- ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly''
33
34[[AC: Film -- Live-Action]]
35->''"I think [[Franchise/{{Batman}} you]] and I are destined to do this forever."''
36-->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
37
38[[AC: Film -- Animated]]
39->'''Moana''': Okay, first, I'm not a princess, I'm the daughter of the Chief.\
40'''Maui''': Same difference.\
41'''Moana''': No!\
42'''Maui''': [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess]].
43-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''
44
45[[AC: Literature]]
46->'''Uncle Vernon:''' I am not aware that it is any of your business what goes on in my house--\
47'''Mad-Eye:''' I expect what you're not aware of would fill several books, Dursley.
48-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotter''
49
50[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
51->'''Jake:''' NYPD! I need to commandeer this vehicle.\
52'''[[Series/NewGirl Jess]]:''' It's a crossover! ''(Jake looks confused)'' It's a crossover SUV, and you can't have it.
53-->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', "The Night Shift"
54
55->''"Just remember Doctor, I'm as real as you are."''
56-->-- '''Robin Hood''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood Robot of Sherwood]]"
57
58->''"I’m a Doctor... [[UnexpectedCharacter but probably not the one you were expecting.]]"''
59-->-- '''[[Creator/PaulMcgann The Eighth Doctor]]''', returning from a 17 year long [[PutOnABus bus trip,]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]"
60
61->'''Monica:''' What about that summer during college you lived with Grandma? And you tried to make it as a dancer.\
62'''Ross:''' Do you realize we almost made it [[LongRunner ten years without that coming up?]]
63-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'' GrandFinale
64
65->'''Luke:''' Just so you know, I'm not in the market for a...sidekick.\
66'''Misty:''' Who says you're not my sidekick?\
67'''Luke:''' ...Me. It's my show.
68-->-- ''Series/LukeCage2016''. [[CaptainObvious Luke's not wrong.]]
69
70->'''Lorelai:''' Haven't done ''that'' for a while.\
71'''Rory:''' Felt good.\
72'''Lorelai:''' ''(hugs her)'' I've missed you, kid.\
73'''Rory:''' I missed you too.\
74'''Lorelai:''' How long's it been?\
75'''Rory:''' Feels like years.
76-->-- ''Series/GilmoreGirls: A Year in the Life''[[note]]first episode of the revival after the show's cancellation nine years ago[[/note]]
77
78->''"Because after 2 A.M. is when things get-- audience, say it with me-- [[{{Catchphrase}} legendary]]."''
79-->-- '''Barney Stinson''' at a karaoke bar, ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M."
80
81->'''Ted:''' Don't you think the universe has more important things to worry about than my dating life?\
82'''Marshall:''' Unless your dating life is the glue that holds the entire universe together.
83-->-- ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
84
85->''(after the second season begins a year after the first one premiered)''\
86'''Violet:''' I feel like we've been sitting on this bench for months.\
87'''Klaus:''' [[LampshadeHanging We've been waiting so long Sunny's starting to look less like a baby and more like a toddler.]]
88-->-- ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''
89
90->'''Earl''': Hey, hey Frannie, you gotta see this puppet show. It’s terrific. \
91'''Baby''': Uh-huh!.\
92'''Fran''': Earl, that’s for kids.\
93'''Earl''': Yeah, you’d think that because they’re puppets, so the show seems to have a children’s aesthetic. Yet the dialogue is unquestionably sharp-edged, witty, and thematically skewed to adults.
94-->-- ''Series/Dinosaurs''
95
96[[AC: Newspaper Comics]]
97->'''Lemont''': Imagine if you had an audience of millions who witnessed all your failures… your dysfunctional relationships, your squandered opportunities, your pathetic insecurities, your financial disasters… [[YouBastard and imagine if this audience of millions had been laughing at you behind your back for years]].\
98'''Susan''': Um… You only have like ''twelve'' Twitter followers.
99-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Candorville}}''
100
101[[AC: Video Games]]
102->''"Oh, come on now... You know losing a game just causes stress. How can that be fun...?"''
103-->-- '''Lilica Felchenerow''', ''[[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Arcana Heart 3]]''
104
105->'''Jason Brody:''' (upon finding [[TheBogan Bambi]] "[[AxCrazy Buck]]" [[DepravedHomosexual Hughes]] outside the entrance to a mine where he's going on a FetchQuest) [[PrecisionFStrike What the fuck?!]] If you knew where I needed to go, ''why didn't you tell me-''?!\
106'''Buck:''' Jas, Jas, Jas, don't get your knickers in a twist. I'm not playing the bloody game, you are.
107-->-- ''VideoGame/FarCry3''
108
109->''[Upon reaching the locked door at the very end of the first real Royal Arms dungeon]''
110-> '''[[TheSmartGuy Ignis]]''': For every lock, there’s a key.
111-> '''Prompto''': Or maybe there’s a magic key, that can unlock every door it comes across-like in video games!
112-->-- ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''
113
114->'''Skelly:''' If you're having a rough time out there, boyo, you just remember something: you're a ''[[PhysicalGod god]]'', alright? Way tougher than you think. They give you trouble, just turn on god mode, and you let 'em have it for me?
115->'''Zagreus:''' You act as if this 'god mode' is some lever I can simply switch over at will if ever I wish to unlock my latent strength there, mate.
116->'''Skelly:''' [[GodMode Exactly, pal, that's it!]]
117-->--''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
118
119->''"What better way to celebrate my return than with a festive little bloodbath? After all, I have been [[SequelGap gone for 25 years.]]"''
120-->-- '''Medusa''', ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''
121
122->''"Well, that ends the story I'd like to call [[TitleDrop The Legend of]] [[{{Egopolis}} Groose]]."''
123-->-- '''Groose''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''
124
125->''"A million souls cried out for my return."''
126-->-- '''Mileena''', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (After being PutOnABus in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', players demanded that she come back.)
127
128-> '''Betty''': Is this really happening?\
129'''Jack''': Do you think we're playing a video game here?
130-->-- '''Jack and Betty''', from the ''video game'' ''VideoGame/MonsterEye''
131
132->''Sometimes, no matter where I am, I'll hear someone shoutin' like they're right next to me. But when I turn my head, nobody's there! Startin' to think it might be a ghost or somethin'. Those ghosts are sayin' some weird things, though. Tryin' to buy and sell weapons' holdin' auctions. I suppose the afterlife must have its own economy, too.''
133-->--'''Seaskipper Captain''', ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Players can purchse "Shout Bombs" with real-world money, which send a message to every player online. They are often used for buying and selling items, or for saying random quips.[[/labelnote]]
134
135->''"Don't you hate getting killed by obscure secondary characters?"''
136-->-- One of '''Nedd Bear''''s HaveANiceDeath quotes, ''VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight''
137
138->''It's so lovely to be [[TheBusCameBack back]].''
139-->-- '''Testament''', ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive''
140
141[[AC: Visual Novels]]
142->'''Iris Wilson:''' Oh! That's a funny place for a little ladder.\
143'''Ryunosuke Naruhodo:''' .........\
144'''Iris:''' What is it? Is something wrong?\
145'''Ryunosuke:''' No, it's just that in Japanese, we have a totally different word for a ladder that folds in half like that.\
146'''Iris:''' We do in English, too, you know. It's a stepladder, or just "steps". [[RunningGag So be careful of making assumptions about other cultures, Runo. That's how wars are started.]]\
147'''Ryunosuke:''' ''(thinking)'' ...I didn't realise stepladders were an [[SeriousBusiness international point of contention]]. But the writer makes an astute point.
148-->-- ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Resolve'', Case G2-3: "The Return of the Great Departed Soul"
149
150[[AC: Web Animation]]
151->''[SUSPIRO] Vas a querer sentarte para esta historia. Es alrededor de veinte horas y solo disfruto contarla en intervalos de cinco minutos. ([SIGH] You're going to want to sit down for this story. It's about 20 hours long and I only enjoy telling it in 5 minute intervals).''
152--> '''Lopez''', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy''
153
154->'''Yang:''' And I said, "Bumblebee"? More like-\
155'''Jaune:''' Hey guys! Check out ''who'' we found!\
156'''[[spoiler:Pyrrha:]]''' Hello again!\
157'''Ruby:''' You're okay!? How are you even here!?\
158'''[[spoiler:Pyrrha:]]''' What do you even mean?\
159'''Ruby:''' I mean, ''[[spoiler:[[Recap/RWBYV3E12EndOfTheBeginning I watched you di-]]]]''\
160'''Nora:''' Nope! Never happened!\
161'''Ruby:''' But-\
162'''Nora:''' NOPE! Everything's '''fine'''! '''[[spoiler:PYRRHA]] IS FINE'''! ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Nothing bad. Ever. Happens!]]'' '''Evveeeeerrrr.'''\
163'''Ren:''' So, you guys wanna keep doing comedy segments?\
164'''[[spoiler:Pyrrha:]]''' That sounds lovely!
165-->-- ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''
166
167->''You and I...possess the same knowledge. That only one of us can survive, and we know not why..''
168-->--''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'', WebAnimation/DeathBattle
169
170[[AC: Webcomics]]
171->'''Sam:''' Now for a big [[HardWorkMontage montage sequence]] so we don't slog through the details of getting the ship ready.\
172'''Florence:''' We still have to take care of the details.\
173'''Sam:''' ''[SpikingTheCamera]'' It's not for us. It's for all the future sqids who will be reading about my amazing adventures!
174-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03241.htm p.3241]]
175
176[[AC: Web Original]]
177->'''Xemnas:''' We are a group of Nobodies who wish to create Kingdom Hearts. By using the Keyblade to kill Heartless. [[BlatantLies And you are the only one]] [[UniquenessDecay who can wield the Keyblade.]] \
178''(cue LaughTrack)''\
179'''Roxas:''' Why do I hear random people laughing?\
180'''Xemnas:''' Ignore it.
181-->-- ''[[WebVideo/KingdomHeartsInANutshell Kingdom Hearts- 358/2 Days in a nutshell]]''
182
183[[AC: Western Animation]]
184->'''Stan:''' ''([[ItMakesSenseInContext While looking at off-screen monster fight animated in stop-motion]])'' Stop-motion is pure evil!\
185'''Soos:''' And probably really expensive.\
186'''Harry:''' Incredibly expensive.\
187'''Soos:''' Impressive fight though. [[LampshadeHanging Glad I'm facing towards it.]]
188-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "Little Gift Shop of Horrors"
189
190->''"Too bad we didn't come dressed as popular cartoon characters."''
191-->-- '''Lisa Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook Three Men and a Comic Book]]"
192
193->'''Amethyst:''' Man...It sure would be nice if things worked out the way they do in cartoons.\
194'''Steven:''' Yeah. It would.\
195''(episode ends)''
196-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp Cry For Help]]"
197
198->''"And that's been really hard for ''you'', the main character of this story."''
199-->-- '''Diane Nguyen''' to [=BoJack=] Horseman, ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E10HeadInTheClouds Head in the Clouds]]"
200
201->'''Sandy:''' I'll give him a week.\
202'''Squidward:''' I'll give him eleven minutes.
203-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Nature Pants"
204
205->''We use [the comet] to travel across the universe in a single day giving gifts to everyone we've met over the past season...''of our lives''!!''
206-->-- '''Wander,''' ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', "The Gift"
207
208->''Excuse me, Mr. So-and-So? Normally I would spend at least eleven minutes on this sort of thing, but since love is compelling me toward another quest, I'd just like to ask: is this ''really'' what you want to do with your life?''
209-->-- '''Wander''', ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', "The Matchmaker"
210
211->'''Eda:''' Are you sure you want to do this for a stuffed toy? Wouldn't you rather, I dunno, have a [[BeachEpisode beach day]] or something?\
212'''Luz:''' Maybe, if we had time for [[{{Seasons}} twenty more]] adventures [[ScrewedByTheNetwork but we don't]].
213-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "O Titan, Where Art Thou"
214

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